# Policing and Crime Act 2017, Section 59: Release without bail: fingerprinting and samples


(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 61(5A) (fingerprinting of person arrested for a recordable offence) —
(a) in paragraph (a) omit “in the case of a person who is on bail,”, and
(b) in paragraph (b) omit “in any case,”.
(3) In section 63(3ZA) (taking of non-intimate sample from person arrested for a recordable offence)—
(a) in paragraph (a) omit “in the case of a person who is on bail,”, and
(b) in paragraph (b) omit “in any case,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/section/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017/section-59
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